Phil Bredesen to host fundraiser for Douglas Henry

State Sen. Douglas Henry’s challenger might have some big-name backers. The senator himself has the state’s biggest name of all.

A spokeswoman for Gov. Phil Bredesen confirmed a report in the Nashville Post that he will host a fundraiser next month for the 39-year veteran of the Senate. Henry is likely to face Jeff Yarbro, a 32-year-old associate at the law firm Bass, Berry & Sims in the primary.

The Governor says he would be hard pressed to find anyone who’s been more supportive of him over the years. Bredesen says Sen. Henry, as chairman of the finance committee, was especially helpful during his first term - when the senator chaired the finance committee – during our efforts to get the state’s finances back in line. The Governor believes Henry has a tremendous amount of support within the district and he suspects Henry will be hard to beat.